- Description of Program
Reading and writing are equally vital components in effective communication. The Gwinnett County Public School's Office of Language Arts endeavors to ensure that all students in Gwinnett County Public Schools will graduate as analytical readers, writers, and communicators of language. Strong reading and writing skills will become increasingly more critical in the twenty-first century as businesses look for employees who are well-read in their fields and are effective communicators, both orally and in writing
(GCPS Website 2014)
Core Materials Grades 6, 7, 8:
McDougal Littel Language of Literature
McDougal Littel Language Network
7th grade Language Arts at a glance
LA Syllabus 2015-2016
7th Grade Writing Rubric for Argumentative Writing
Quarter One Resources
CLICK>Cool Language Arts Games
CLICK >Elements of a Plot PPT
WEEK 1 and 2-
CLICK> How? When? and Why? to ANNOTATE HANDOUT
Even Harvard University tells its Freshmen to annotate and use reading strategies like we do in Maragh's 7th grade class class- Check out the university's website proving this. Here is another link from Harvard's Library web page (click).
We are reading the story SEVENTH GRADE this week. Here is an online version of the text just in case you left your book at school. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE VERSION OF "SEVENTH GRADE"
Here is a Link to the Literary Terms List (below)
https://docs.google.com/a/mcconnellms.org/document/d/1SekEP9WtFCtxG_1CGWPYJHeZ_d4SnZXR8vAJIZ2jY6c/edit
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WEEK 3 and 4-
Below is a age- appropriate site for looking up the meanings to various literary terms. It lists the definitions and examples of hundreds of terms like the words : theme , alliteration, or plot.
http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-Library-LiteraryTerms.pdf
There are several more extensive sites out there from a "Google" search, but many are not age- appropriate .
CLICK HERE for >Sentence type resources
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Reading and writing are equally vital components in effective communication. The Gwinnett County Public School's Office of Language Arts endeavors to ensure that all students in Gwinnett County Public Schools will graduate as analytical readers, writers, and communicators of language. Strong reading and writing skills will become increasingly more critical in the twenty-first century as businesses look for employees who are well-read in their fields and are effective communicators, both orally and in writing
(GCPS Website 2014)
Core Materials Grades 6, 7, 8:
McDougal Littel Language of Literature
McDougal Littel Language Network
7th grade Language Arts at a glance
- Quarter 1- Fiction , Narrative and Argumentative Writing, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions, Compound, Complex and Simple Sentences
- Quarter 2- Research, Text Structure, drama, Compound-Complex Sentences, Persuasive Writing
- Quarter 3-Novel Study, roots/affixes, Expository Writing, Sentence Types
- Quarter 4: Folk Tales, Poetic Elements, Clauses and Phrases
LA Syllabus 2015-2016
7th Grade Writing Rubric for Argumentative Writing
Quarter One Resources
CLICK>Cool Language Arts Games
CLICK >Elements of a Plot PPT
WEEK 1 and 2-
CLICK> How? When? and Why? to ANNOTATE HANDOUT
Even Harvard University tells its Freshmen to annotate and use reading strategies like we do in Maragh's 7th grade class class- Check out the university's website proving this. Here is another link from Harvard's Library web page (click).
We are reading the story SEVENTH GRADE this week. Here is an online version of the text just in case you left your book at school. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE VERSION OF "SEVENTH GRADE"
Here is a Link to the Literary Terms List (below)
https://docs.google.com/a/mcconnellms.org/document/d/1SekEP9WtFCtxG_1CGWPYJHeZ_d4SnZXR8vAJIZ2jY6c/edit
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WEEK 3 and 4-
Below is a age- appropriate site for looking up the meanings to various literary terms. It lists the definitions and examples of hundreds of terms like the words : theme , alliteration, or plot.
http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-Library-LiteraryTerms.pdf
There are several more extensive sites out there from a "Google" search, but many are not age- appropriate .
CLICK HERE for >Sentence type resources
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WEEK 5-
As we continue to learn about elements of a plot and literary terms, here is a great model of a plot diagram . It gives examples of the key components of a plot diagram as well as definitions for each component. -WEEK 5- This week we will really DIG into several of these literary terms. For our quiz on Friday you need to know definitions to: 1. plot 2. setting 3. dialogue 4. climax 5. rising action 6. falling action 7. symbolism 8. internal and external conflict 9. mood and tone 10. man v. man, himself, nature and society 11. exposition 12. foreshadowing 13. dynamic character 14. static character 15. antagonist 16. protagonist 17. flashback 18. theme 19. character 20. resolution 21. denouement Here is a great document that lists several hundred great words to describe TONE AND MOOD. http://www.fallriverschools.org/Tone%20and%20Mood%20words%20(unedited).pdf **Remember Tone is the author's attitude- words Mood is how the text makes you feel- feelings Here is a Silly Memory technique to remember the difference between tone and mood: Tone has a "t" so does the words author and attitude and Mood sort of rhymes with YOU CLICK HERE>THIS IS THE TEXT FOR THE STORY "SEVENTH GRADE" CLICK HERE >THIS IS THE TEXT TO THE SHORT STORY "NAMES/NOMBRES" CLICK HERE>A great link which explains various purposes for DIALOGUE CLICK HERE>A great link which explains FLASHBACK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEK 6- Listed below are several DGP Q1 Quiz Remediation Resources Click here for Direct Object Practice Click here for Preposition Practice/ Click here for the answers to this worksheet Click here for Transitive and Intransitive Verb Practice with answers Click here for Adverbial phrase Practice with answers Click here for Prepositional Phrases used as Adjective and Adverb Click here for Independent and Dependent Clause Practice worksheet with answers Click here for Prepositional Phrase notes and practice Click here for Prepositional phrase practice worksheet and answers Click here for Sentence Type -Purpose (Dec., Imp., Exc., or Int.) Sentence types practice with answers Click here for Sentence Type Practice- Simple, Compound, or Complex practice with answers Click here for a great diagramming site- You enter the sentence and it gives you the correct diagram for it ------------------------------ MOVIE TIME - This week students also worked with group members in order to make paper slide movies or puppet shows to culminate our NARRATIVE WRITING STUDY. Details for this task can be found on each student's E-Class News Tab. However, listed below are some great sites to get additional insight and practice into a few of the narratives crafts that are expected in this standard on using precise language, having a distinct beg. middle, and end, and establishing a clear point of view and situation. Click each line below for a few helpful resources to assist you with this standard VIVID VERBS CHART 8-12 th GRADE AWESOME ADJECTIVES CHART AWESOME ADJECTIVE LIST TRANSITION WORDS CHART FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE CHART- METAPHORS AND MORE WORDS OTHER THAN “SAID” CHART WEEK 7
Vocabulary List - VOCABULARY TEST/QUIZ is on 10/7 (Some class periods may have fewer or more words) S.A.T. Hotwords- 1. nefarious 2. belligerent (21) Hot Words from Sizzling stories ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Friday , students will be participating in a Socratic Seminar . SOCRATIC SEMINAR is a great to get students to develop insight into texts, formulate claims and defend their arguments in a passionate yet fact based manner. Before we begin argumentative writing we will a couple of days reading texts, analyzing texts, and having class discussions about text in order to open, well-developed discussions. Click here for Additional information about the Socratic Seminar Here is how one educational site defined the benefit of the SOCRATIC SEMINAR Socratic Seminar is a formal discussion, based on text, in which the leader asks open ended questions. Within the context of the discussion, students listen closely to comments of others, thinking critically for themselves, and articulate their own thoughts and their responses to the thoughts of others. They learn to question and intelligently and civilly. WEEK 8-CLICK HERE FOR A PHENOMENAL SITE THAT TEACHES EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Class Notes on Argumentative Writing Graphic Organizer Class Notes on What is argumentative Writing? Click here for a great video about Argumentative Writing Click here for the RUFATP handout that we used this week . WEEK 9
Additional resources to be used for ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING IDEAS QUARTER TWO RESOURCES
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Week 1
CLICK THIS FOR LINK> Here is copy of a example an argumentative essay on the topic of LABELING. We will use this in class this week.
Click here to link to the sample Intro paragraphs. Student will be writing their intro paragraphs on Monday 10/6/2014
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Week 2
CLICK THIS FOR LINK> Here is copy of a example an argumentative essay on the topic of LABELING. We will use this in class this week.
Click here to link to the sample Intro paragraphs. Student will be writing their intro paragraphs on Monday 10/6/2014
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Week 2
Class, here are two SAMPLE ESSAY #1 for you to use as a resource for your argumentative essays.
SAMPLE ESSAY #2
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This is a new strategy that we will use to write our constructed and extended responses. All grade levels and all subject areas (except Math) will be using the R.A.C.E.S strategy to score constructed responses.
R.A.C.E.S <----LINK HERE
This week starting on Tuesday we will be working on a new reading unit: Graphic and Text features. Here a resource we will be using.
CLICK HERE FOR> TEXT AND GRAPHIC FEAUTRES PPT
CLICK HERE FOR TEXT STRUCTURE PRACTICE WORKESHEETS
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Week 4
Week 4
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Week 5
STUDENTS AND PARENTS, THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM MRS. CUMMINGS, OUR MEDIA SPECIALIST, ABOUT DAMAGED BOOKS.
Because of the almost 400 books needing to be repaired, I regret to inform you that starting Monday, 11/3, the Media Center will begin charging students replacement fees for books which are put into the book return, damaged. Students who turn in a book to the person working the desk telling us of the damage will not be charged. Right now of the books to be repaired, maybe 25 of those were handed to us by a student, informing us of the damage. There seems to be no TIGER respect for library books this year, and that needs to change.
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Week 6
LINK TO TEXT STRUCTURE PRACTICE
Week 7
LINK TO TEXT FEATURES PRACTICE
Week 8
Text Structure Quiz
Text Structure Practice Game
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Week 5
STUDENTS AND PARENTS, THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM MRS. CUMMINGS, OUR MEDIA SPECIALIST, ABOUT DAMAGED BOOKS.
Because of the almost 400 books needing to be repaired, I regret to inform you that starting Monday, 11/3, the Media Center will begin charging students replacement fees for books which are put into the book return, damaged. Students who turn in a book to the person working the desk telling us of the damage will not be charged. Right now of the books to be repaired, maybe 25 of those were handed to us by a student, informing us of the damage. There seems to be no TIGER respect for library books this year, and that needs to change.
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Week 6
LINK TO TEXT STRUCTURE PRACTICE
Week 7
LINK TO TEXT FEATURES PRACTICE
Week 8
Text Structure Quiz
Text Structure Practice Game
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QUARTER THREE RESOURCES
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We are also reviewing sentence types: compound, complex, simple , and compound -complex. Below is a great resource to help you with this skill. You may print one for your notebook to go along with your other sentence types handout.
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We are also reviewing sentence types: compound, complex, simple , and compound -complex. Below is a great resource to help you with this skill. You may print one for your notebook to go along with your other sentence types handout.
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TEST that takes the place of the CRCT ?
The test that takes the place of the CRCT is called the Georgia Mileston End- of- Grade (EOG) Assessment- End of Grade Test. Here is a little information about the test. Info was taken straight from the Georgia Dept. of Education's website. Item Types The English Language Arts (ELA) portion of the Grade 7 EOG assessment consists of selected-response, constructed-response, extended constructed-response, and extended writing-response items. A selected-response item, sometimes called a multiple-choice item, is defined as a question, problem, or statement that appears on a test followed by several answer choices, sometimes called options or response choices. The incorrect choices, called distractors, usually reflect common errors. The student’s task is to choose, from the alternatives provided, the best answer to the question posed in the stem (the question). The English Language Arts (ELA) selected-response items will have four answer choices. A constructed-response item asks a question and solicits the student to provide a response he or she constructs on his or her own, as opposed to selecting from options provided. The constructed-response items on the EOG assessment will be worth two points. Partial credit may be awarded. An extended constructed-response item is a specific type of constructed-response item that elicits a longer, more detailed response from the student than a two-point constructed-response item. The extended constructed-response items on the EOG assessment will be worth four points. For English Language Arts (ELA), the student will respond to a narrative prompt based on a passage the student has read, and the response will be scored for the Writing/Language domain. Partial credit may be awarded. The extended writing-response items require students to produce arguments or develop an informative response. The extended writing-response, or writing task, includes two passages, three selected response items, and one constructed-response item that scaffold students’ understanding of the passage(s). Two of the selected-response items will address each of the passages separately. One selected-response item and the constructed-response item will address both of the passages together. All four items contribute to the Reading/Vocabulary domain. These items will be followed by an extended writing-prompt, which requires the student to draw from reading experiences when writing an essay response and to cite evidence from the passage(s) to support claims and conclusions in the essay. The writing task is worth seven points. MORE EOG RESOURCES Georgia Milestones Video New! The GaDOE has released a new video designed to provide an introduction to the Georgia Milestones Assessment System. This short, animated video provides a friendly overview of our new assessment. The video highlights the purpose of the assessment, the types of questions that students will see, and the types of feedback that students, parents, and educators will receive. The video is available on the Georgia Milestones website at: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Assessment-System.aspx Week of
This week we will be reading an excerpt from Jackie Robinson's Autobiography - A Noble Experiment. Here are a few helpful resources to guide your learning for this selection. Movie- "42" Trailer Jackie Robinson Bio Rubric for Writing Constructed Responses |
Discrimination Project Format Link to Dr. MLK Jr. "I Have a Dream" Speech Dr. King's mini-bio video Copy of Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (LFBCJ) TEXT EVIDENCE: LFBCJ QUIZ ON FRIDAY N |
VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL!!
Students will write soliloquies based on ten or more of the most Famous Love stories in history and literature!
Soliloquy Lesson
Love Story Synopses
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Link to The Noble Experiment Item 1,2, and 3 constructed responses
Link to Jackie Robinson Mini- Bio
Link to Scoring for 2- pt Constructed Responses (EOG style writing)
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- Text : Casey at the Bat
Link to Background information about Casey
Link to the Narrative Poem: Casey at the Bat - Scroll to the middle of article to view
Below students are some Figurative Language and Characterization Notes. These will prove helpful as we complete our extended constructed response essays we started in class on Friday 2/27.
Love Story Synopses
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Link to The Noble Experiment Item 1,2, and 3 constructed responses
Link to Jackie Robinson Mini- Bio
Link to Scoring for 2- pt Constructed Responses (EOG style writing)
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- Text : Casey at the Bat
Link to Background information about Casey
Link to the Narrative Poem: Casey at the Bat - Scroll to the middle of article to view
Below students are some Figurative Language and Characterization Notes. These will prove helpful as we complete our extended constructed response essays we started in class on Friday 2/27.
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Students will be taking the Spring Writing prompt this week. Here are a few resources that will be helpful. We completed this rough draft model in class on Monday 3/16/.
Link to Constructed response writing model
Link to Writing Rubric that will be used to score your papers this week
Link to Constructed response writing model
Link to Writing Rubric that will be used to score your papers this week
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Week of
We are reading stories in the Oral Traditions (folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and fables). Below you can find power points and files to help you throughout this unit. Students have several assignments assigned for this unit.
We are reading stories in the Oral Traditions (folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and fables). Below you can find power points and files to help you throughout this unit. Students have several assignments assigned for this unit.
After Spring Break The Outsiders - COMING SOON TO A 7th GRADE CLASS NEAR YOU!!! The audio book is on You Tube.
Link to the Reflection Collection for The Outsiders. This will count as the last test grade for 7th grade Language Arts.
The final project is due May 11th. I will be grading this along the way. We will officially start the project on Monday, 15. Student will be given a model of how this is to look and be completed. Last week I shared two models of the what a project looked like from a previous school year.
Click HERE for a LINK TO THE REFLECTION COLLECTION reminders sheet and checklist
Link to the Reflection Collection for The Outsiders. This will count as the last test grade for 7th grade Language Arts.
The final project is due May 11th. I will be grading this along the way. We will officially start the project on Monday, 15. Student will be given a model of how this is to look and be completed. Last week I shared two models of the what a project looked like from a previous school year.
Click HERE for a LINK TO THE REFLECTION COLLECTION reminders sheet and checklist